grota
/ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/
The verdict
“grota” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #55,596 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,596
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - abertura feita pelas águas na ribanceira ou margem de um rio, e pela qual saem, alagando os campos marginais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grota |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grota” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for grota is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,596 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
grota has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is grota, spelled G-R-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1abertura feita pelas águas na ribanceira ou margem de um rio, e pela qual saem, alagando os campos marginais
- 2terreno em plano inclinado, na interseção de dois morros ou montanhas
- 3localidade ou comunidade rural isolada ou distante da sede do município
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grota”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-O-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈgɾɔ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.